Look up: pantomime

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   pantomime
   In British theatre, a traditional Christmas entertainment. It has its origins in the harlequinade of the 18th century and burlesque of the 19th century, which gave rise to the tradition of the...
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   pantomime
   This was like what is called mime nowadays - a play without words.
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   Pantomime
   Pan'to·mime noun [ French, from Latin pantomimus , Greek ..., lit., all-imitating; ..., ..., all + ... to imitate: confer Italian pantomimo . See Mimic .] 1. A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor. [ Obsolete] 2. One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist. « [ He] saw a pantomim ...
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   Pantomime
   Pan'to·mime adjective Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.
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   Pantomime
   `Pantomime` (informally, `panto`), not to be confused with mime, refers to a theatrical genre, traditionally found in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Ireland, which is usually performed around the Christmas and New Year holiday season.
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   Pantomime
   • (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features. • (n.) A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor. • (n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally. &bu...
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   Pantomime
   (from the article `Walcott, Derek`) ...claim his identity and his heritage; Ti-Jean and His Brothers (1958), based on a West Indian folktale about brothers who seek to overpower the ...
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   pantomime
   pantomime 1. Some one who acts without speaking but who simply uses gestures and expressions. 2. A performance using gestures and body movements without words. 3. A form of communication by means of gestures and facial expressions. 4. In ancient Rome, a theatrical performance by one masked actor who played all the characters, using only dance, gesture, an...
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   Pantomime
   The expression of ideas using only movement and gestures. One form of pantomime commonly used in the classroom is the narrative pantomime. In narrative pantomime, the leader (usually the teacher) reads a passage of text and the others in the groups act out the passage to demonstrate the ideas using their movements.
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    pantomime
    pantomime or mime (păn'tumīm) [Gr.,=all in mimic], silent form of the drama in which the story is developed by movement, gesture, facial expression, and stage properties. It is known to have existed among the Chinese, Persians, Hebrews, and Egyptians and has been observed in many oth...
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